Despite this, he beat a local mayor who was actually running a campaign in Thursday's primary -- by double digits. It's nice to be listed first on the ballot.

But if Brown were just some random guy who paid the filing fee and happened to win, we wouldn't be writing this. No, rather it seems what little we know about Brown's platform includes his desire to electrocute the man he's facing off against in November.

Of course, this isn't the first bizarre major-party nominee for governor or Senate. As Southern Democrats have faded, they have managed to nominate folks like Alvin Greene, Mark Clayton and Jim Rogers.